Nearly a third (31%) of U.S. adult have gardened in the last 12 months. Gardening has fallen off slightly since 2005, with participation rates dropping by a couple of percentage points. Despite this longer-term slight decline, the percentage of people gardening held firm during the recession--as way to reduce stress, grow food, gain more sense of control over one’s life, or simply because consumers were at home more or more practical-minded in their leisure spending. Gardeners tend to be 35 an...
October 8, 2013Despite e-commerce uptick, 88% of dog owners, 93% of cat owners purchase pet food in a store
January 4, 2018Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods should push product choices higher in relatively short order. And that is just the beginning.
August 22, 2017Integrating AmazonFresh as a free benefit for Prime members is a masterstroke that increases the odds that the AmazonFresh brand will soon be displayed across physical storefronts, where Packaged Facts envisions that click-and-collect and home delivery will be offered for free to Prime members.
November 11, 2019Purchase Online Food Shopping and Grocery Delivery in the U.S.: Future of Food Retailing by November 1, and receive 20% off the report using promo code PFTARGET2015. To date, fewer than a dozen online grocery services with the potential to be viable on a national level or across a wide swath of the country have emerged from the competitive fray. But as we all know, convenience is king in the American culture. And the desire for near-instant gratification when ordering online has only boosted r...
September 18, 2015The way pet owners view their pets and the criteria they use when deciding which pet products to buy are closely tied to whether they live in urban areas, suburban or outer suburban locales, or rural parts of the country.
July 5, 2017E-commerce is a steadily growing channel for pet medications, representing about 12% of the $9 billion American pet medications industry.
March 1, 2018China, India, and South Korea are among nations where mobile payments using smartphones to access the internet are more common than using laptops or tablets—hinting at momentum for food e-commerce growth in Asia.
July 22, 2019Beverages accounted for 13% of total online grocery sales in 2018.
March 15, 2019Even before the pandemic, e-commerce sales were a primary pet market driver. David Sprinkle, research director for Packaged Facts, discusses this and other trends at Global Pet Expo Digital Access on March 24.
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